pison

See also: pisón and Pison

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pisón (“rolling hammer”), with semantic shift to steamroller by analogy with apisonadora.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈson/ [pɪˈson]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pi‧son

Noun

pisón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

1. steamroller
2. road roller

Derived terms

• magpison
• pisunin

 

Further reading

• “pison”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018